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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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IRON

Chemical ID
IRON
Ubiquitous
Yes
List of known dosages
Dosage
PTD=100 mg/day
RDA=6-30 mg/day
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List of chemical activities.
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Activity Dosage Reference
Antiakathisic Martindale's 29th
Antianemic Martindale's 29th
Anticanker *
Anticheilitic Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimenorrhagic 100 mg/day/wmn/orl Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Prooxidant *
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List of chemical plants.
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Plant Name Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
Parthenium integrifolium Root 1.0 6.0 -0.4 *
Passiflora edulis Fruit 16.0 64.0 -0.3 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Passiflora edulis Seed 180.0 0.1 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
Passiflora foetida Fruit 7.0 39.0 -0.4 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Passiflora incarnata Flower 0.8 7.0 -1.1 *
Passiflora incarnata Fruit 16.0 58.0 -0.3 *
Passiflora ligularis Fruit 4.0 52.0 -0.3 *
Passiflora mollissima Fruit 4.0 50.0 -0.3 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.
Passiflora quadrangularis Fruit 6.0 143.0 0.0 *
Passiflora quadrangularis Seed 29.0 134.0 -0.1 *
Pastinaca sativa Root 4.0 112.0 -0.3 *
Peperomia pelucida Leaf 30.0 410.0 0.1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Peperomia pereskiifolia Leaf 57.0 380.0 0.0 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Pereskia aculeata Fruit 0.0 250.0 0.5 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Perideridia gairdneri Root 32.0 -0.4 Izadoost, M. & Robinson, T., Synergism & antagonism in the pharmacology of alkaloidal plants, pp 137-58 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds., Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture & Pharmacology, v. 2, 1987, 255pp.
Perilla frutescens Leaf 67.0 479.0 0.3 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Perilla frutescens Plant 460.0 -0.2 Suziki, A., Morimoto, I., and Okitzu, T., Elution of Metals from Crude Drugs, Shoykugaku Zasshi 36(3):190-195.
Perilla frutescens Seed 13.0 135.0 -0.1 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Persea americana Fruit 6.0 71.0 -0.2 *
Persea schiedeana Fruit 3.0 15.0 -0.5 Morton, J.F., Major Medicinal Plants. 1977. Atlas of Medicinal Plants of Middle America. Bahamas to Yucatan. 1981.